Condoms provide good protection against sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy. Condoms are affordable, readily available, and easy to use. Putting on a condom requires no specialized skill and no prescriptions, or doctors visits are needed in order to get them.
With proper condom use pregnancy prevention can be achieved with a success rate of over 98%. Proper condom use can prevent sexually transmitted diseases with rates ranging from 70% for diseases such as genital warts (human papilloma virus) up to 85% for HIV.
But what is proper condom use? Proper use means that you apply the best evidence there is about how to safely store, apply, and dispose of the condom. And you do it 100% of the time in all of your sexual encounters.
Here are some tips for proper condom use:
Wrap the used condom in toilet paper and dispose of it in the garbage. Latex rubber is not a good product to be flushing down the toilet. Condoms are used in all parts of the world and can have a significant impact on the environment. Environmentalists have reported that condoms in the sewage system find their way into the ocean where they get caught on coral reefs and smother ocean plant life.
Use your condom sense in protecting yourself from sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy. Just remember that in order to achieve the prevention rates listed at the beginning of this article you must engage in proper condom use 100% of the time.
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